News24 | FACT CHECK | Dare to compare: How to use WhatsApp to check if a political party ad is real or rubbish

With elections getting closer, political parties will likely make outragrous claims whether it is via adverts on street poles or via social media. To figure out whether a claim is real or rubbish Media Monitoring Africa has launched a simple WhatsApp AI bot called AdCompare to help voters get the truth, write William Bird and Thandi Smith.